Maximum residue level for mepiquat
- Food safety
- Pesticide MRLs
Summary
The EU has raised the maximum residue level (MRL) for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms.
EU raises MRL for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1439 of 24 May 2024 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fenazaquin, mepiquat and propamocarb in or on certain products
Update
The EU has raised the maximum residue level (MRL) for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms.
Impacted Products
Oyster mushrooms
What is changing?
The EU has raised the MRL for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms from 0.7 to 3 mg/kg.
Why?
In 2019, MRLs for mepiquat on cultivated fungi and oyster mushrooms (Regulations 2019/50 and 2019/1791) were set to address cross-contamination of untreated cultivated fungi with straw lawfully treated with mepiquat. A review was then undertaken of any new information submitted by 31 December 2022 (EFSA 2024).
The EU received an application for the MRLs for mepiquat on cultivated mushrooms and oyster mushrooms to be modified. Based on the monitoring data, for cultivated fungi EFSA (2024) concluded that the current MRL is sufficient and no modification is required. However, for oyster mushrooms EFSA recommended a higher MRL.
Timeline
The new MRL will apply from 16 June 2024.
Recommended Actions
It is important to continue monitoring mepiquat levels in cultivated fungi and oyster mushrooms so that data can be submitted to the Commission before 31 December 2030, after which a new review will be carried out.
Background
MRLs are set in accordance with the rules set out in Regulation 396/2005. For information on current MRLs for other substances, please consult the EU Pesticide Residues database.
Resources
EFSA (2024) Modification of the temporary maximum residue levels for mepiquat in cultivated fungi and oyster mushrooms. EFSA Journal, 22: e8476.
Regulation (EU) 2019/50 as regards maximum residue levels for chlorantraniliprole, clomazone, cyclaniliprole, fenazaquin, fenpicoxamid, fluoxastrobin, lambda-cyhalothrin, mepiquat, onion oil, thiacloprid and valifenalate in or on certain products
Regulation (EU) 2019/1791 as regards maximum residue levels for 1-decanol, 2,4-D, ABE-IT 56, cyprodinil, dimethenamid, fatty alcohols, florpyrauxifen-benzyl, fludioxonil, fluopyram, mepiquat, pendimethalin, picolinafen, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyridaben, S-abscisic acid and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products
Sources
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1439 as regards maximum residue levels for fenazaquin, mepiquat and propamocarb in or on certain products
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EU raises MRL for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms
Regulation
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1439 as regards maximum residue levels for fenazaquin, mepiquat and propamocarb in or on certain products
What is changing and why?
The EU has raised the maximum residue level (MRL) for mepiquat on oyster mushrooms from 0.7 to 3 mg/kg following a safety evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority.
Timeline
The new MRL will apply from 16 June 2024.
Disclaimer: Under no circumstances shall COLEAD be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of information available on this website or any link to external sites. The use of the website is at the user’s sole risk and responsibility. This information platform was created and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents do not, however, reflect the views of the European Union.